We pay the most for poor health outcomes

3:45 PM,
Jan. 24, 2014

Written by

Dennis Hawley, Weaverville

A recent letter from a retired physician took aim at efforts to reform health care. In so doing, he failed to mention some important information, and demonstrated factual confusion in his missive. To correct the confusion is to first understand what the word "socialism" actually means. It is defined as "common ownership of resources and the means of production." That's it. The doctor can't make the case that paying private insurance companies under the ACA is in any way "socialist." The doctor believes individuals should be responsible for their own health care, which was exactly the ...